Jalyssa

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 30 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
30
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jalyssa by the numbers

Jalyssa was given to 30 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 105 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Jalyssa

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jalyssa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

Sounds like Jalyssa

Names that are said the same way as Jalyssa, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

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